The Food Experience

The Food Experience (2014) is a happening between Bridgette Fairbank, Jodie Masterman, and myself. A one night event held at Warphaus Gallery in Gainesville, Florida. Eight randomly selected guests were invited to share a homemade four-course meal off of a collaborative tabletop dish service. The usual reserve and apprehension of eating in front of strangers wore off quickly. One invited guests owned the strangeness of the situation by making it a running joke. Humor as an icebreaker tends to be a perfect fit.

This project explores the utility of pottery as means of breaking down social structures that divide us as a society. Food shapes not only our biology but also our social and cultural lives. Tastes in design and eating, as well as the form and expectations of a meal are established through social class boundaries, which then influence social interaction.I am interested in going beyond the confines of the art world that regularly analyzes visual communication to create an interaction with a varied community of unrelated people. Thus, facilitating the sharing of object and food within an experience.